U.S. Politicians
- John Patterson (Ohio politician) (1771–1848), U.S. Congressman from Ohio
- John J. Patterson (1830–1912), U.S. senator from South Carolina, 1873–1879
- John Malcolm Patterson (born 1921), U.S. politician from Alabama
- John Paterson (New York politician) (often spelled Patterson, 1744–1808), major general in the Continental Army, US congressman from New York
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